Information for prospective students

I'm always looking for new talented, energetic and self-motivated graduate students with a strong background in computer networks, mathematics and programming. Send me an email for an appointment and we can discuss further.

Current students under my supervision

• Post Doc
• none



• Ph.D. students
• Amir Hoseein Ghorab
• Nabil Harrabida
• Aysun Aslan Saruan
• Bita Fatemipour
• Mir Md. Saym (co-supervised with Prof. Gao)
• Mir Linqing Zhai (co-supervised with Prof. Gao)
• Caleb Ludinga Lodi



Master's students
• Amirhossein Morshedi
• Zeng Hao (co-supervised with Prof. Gao)

Former supervised students

• Farhoud Jafari, PDF, Jan 2025, "Vehicular Cloud Networks"
• Mohammed Abuibaid, Ph.D, September 2024, "Hyper-Reliable Communications for Industrial Automation: From IIoT Devices to Integrated Networks to Edge Clouds"
• Ola Ashour, Ph.D., December 2023, "Adaptive Multicast Routing Protocol Based on Reinforcement Learning"
• Khoa Nguyen, PDF, 2023, "Virtual Network Embedding in Internet of Vehicles"
• Ahmed Abada, Ph.D., 2023, "Auction-Based Mechanisms for Power Grid Balancing using Cloud Datacenters".
• Ahmed Salem, M.A.Sc, 2022, "Mathematical Models for Task Assignment with Service Level Agreement in Fog Computing Networks".
• Dajun Zhang, PDF, 2021, "Connected and Autonomous Vehicles".
• Jonathan Daigneault, M.A.Sc, 2020, "Model and Algorithm for Real-Time Resource Allocation in Fog Computing Networks", Nominated for a Senate medal
• Abdulla Kalandar, M.A.Sc., 2020, "A Graph-Based Indexing Technique for Efficient Searching in Large Scale Textual Documents".
• Zhe Zhang, Ph.D., 2019, "Performance Improvements of In-network Caching in ICN-Based Networks".
• Jean-Daniel Medjo Me Biomo, Ph.D., 2019, "MBA-DRR: A Delay-Reducing Routing Protocol for Multi-Beam Directional Antennas in Multi-Hop Ad Hoc Networks".
• Amarjit Singh Dhillon, M.A.Sc., 2018, "An Edge Computing-based Complex Event Processing Technique for Sensor-based Systems", Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement.
• Jasmeet Singh, M.A.Sc., 2018, "An Adaptive System for Allocating Virtual Machines in Clouds using Autoregression".
• Decheng Zhang, M.A.Sc., 2018, "Exact and Approximation Algorithms for the Planning and Design of Fog Networks".
• Faisal Haider, M.A.Sc., 2017, "On the Planning and Design Problem of Fog Networks".
• Riham Elhabyan, PDF, 2017, "Clustering and Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks".
• Sarabjeet Singh, M.A.Sc., 2017, "A User Relinquishment-based Resource Assignment Scheme to Maximize the Net Profit of Cloud Service Providers".
• Rami Sabouni, Ph.D., 2017, "Adaptive Coverage for Future LTE Networks".
• Mohammad Aazam Khan, PDF, 2017, "Resource Estimation in Cloud Computing Environments".
• Muhammad Raisul Alam, Ph.D., 2017, "Exact and Approximate Solutions for Energy Cost Optimization in Smart Homes".
• Qi Hu, M.A.Sc., 2016, "Reactive Prediction Models for Cloud Resource Estimation".
• Abhinandan Ramaprasath, M.A.Sc., 2016, "Design and Analysis of an Intelligent Wireless Ad Hoc Routing Protocol and Controller for UAV Networks".
• Ziyang Wang, M.A.Sc., 2014, "Resource Management in Wireless Cellular Networks with Heterogeneous Capacity Supply and Heterogeneous Traffic Demand (HetHetNets)".
• Afrim Sallahi, M.Sc., 2014, "Optimal Placement of Controllers in Software Defined Networks".
• Rabbi Rashid, M.A.Sc., 2014, "Combining Shortest Path First (SPF) and Source Routing for an Efficient Probing Solution in IPv6 Topology Discovery".
• Seyed Mousavi, M.A.Sc., 2014, "Early Detection of DDoS Attacks in Software Defined Networks Controller".
• Michael Rolbin, M.Eng., 2014, "Early detection of network threats using Software Defined Network (SDN) and virtualization".
• Jean-Daniel Medjo Me Biomo, M.A.Sc., 2014, "Unmanned Aeronautical Ad-hoc Networks: Enhancing the Reactive-Greedy-Reactive Protocol and Introducing a New Mobility Model".
• Wang Xiang, M.A.Sc., 2013, "Flexible Residential Smart Grid Simulation Framework".
• Frédéric Demers, M.A.Sc., 2013, "Radiometric Identification of Long Term Evolution Transmitters".
• Dima Dababneh, M.A.Sc., 2013, "LTE Traffic Generation and Evolved Packet Core (EPC) Network Planning".
• Rostam Shirani, M.A.Sc., 2011, "Reactive-Greedy-Reactive in Unmanned Aeronautical Ad-hoc Networks: A Combinational Routing Mechanism".
• Adam Rasem, M.A.Sc., 2011, "O-PMIPv6: Optimized Proxy Mobile IPv6".
• Mohammad Reza Pasandideh, M.A.Sc., 2010, "Automatic Planning of 3G UMTS All-IP Release 4 Networks with Realistic Traffic".
• Frank Cervantes, M.A.Sc., 2010, "Performance of a Frequency-Hopped Real-Time Remote Control System in a Multiple Access Scenario".
• Yahya Osais, Ph.D., 2010, "New Optimization Models for Directional and Biological Wireless Sensor Networks".
• Shafagh Alikhani, M.A.Sc., 2010, "iCCA-MAP: A Mobile Node Localization Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks".
• Abdel Rabassa, M.A.Sc, 2010, "Simulation Platform for the Planning and Design of Networks Carrying VoIP Traffic".
• Tebatso Nage, M.A.Sc., 2009, "TCP-Aware Network Coding with Opportunistic Scheduling in Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks".
• Shangyun (Elaine) Liu, M.A.Sc., 2009, "Approximate Algorithms for the Global Planning Problem of UMTS Networks".